Historical Events In 1961

Jul 19   In the year 1961 the first in-flight movie shown (TWA)   

Jul 21   On this day in history launch of Mercury 4 (Liberty Bell) with Grissom   

Jul 22   WBNB TV channel 10 in Charlotte Amaile, VI (CBS) begins broadcasting in the year 1961.   

Jul 23   Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Cosmopolitan Golf Open on this day in history.   

Jul 23   Esther Dale, actress (Birdie-Ma & Pa Kettle), dies after surgery at 75 in the year 1961.   

Jul 24   A US commercial plane is hijacked to Cuba in the year 1961.   

Jul 24   Edwin Newman becomes news anchor of the Today Show in the year 1961.   

Jul 25   On this day in history maris hits home runs 37, 38, 39 & 40 in a double header   

Jul 27   In the year 1961 theodore Chanler, composer, dies at 59   

Jul 29   In the year 1961 wallis & Futuna Islands become a French overseas territory   

Jul 30   43rd PGA Championship: Jerry Barber shoots a 277 at Olympia Fields IL on this day in history.   

Aug 01   On this day in history beatles first gig as house band of Liverpool's Cavern Club   

Aug 02   On this day in history beatles 1st gig as house band of Liverpool's Cavern Club   

Aug 02   Beatles first gig as house band of Liverpool's Cavern Club in the year 1961.   

Aug 02   On this day in history giovanni B Angioletti, Italian writer (I grandi ospiti), dies at 64   

Aug 02   St Louis Cards (NFL) beat Toronto Argonauts (CFL) 36-7 in Toronto on this day in history.   

Aug 04   On this day in history 108ø F, Spokane, WA   

Aug 04   In the year 1961 108°F, Spokane, WA   

Aug 04   In the year 1961 spokane, Washington reaches 108 degrees Fahrenheit   

Aug 05   In the year 1961 eva JC Beck, actress (Elckerlyc, Resurrection), dies at 63   

Aug 05   On this day in history ice Harbor Dam, Washington reaches 118 degrees F (state record)   

Aug 06   Gherman S Titov, 2nd Russian in space aboard Vostok 2 (17 orbits) in the year 1961.   

Aug 06   Gherman S Titov, 2nd Russian in space aboard Vostok 2 (17 orbits), 1st case of motion sickness in space reported on this day in history.   

Aug 06   In the year 1961 jozef E Van Roey, Flemish cardinal/archbishop of Mechelen, dies at 87   

Aug 07   Cosmonaut Gherman Titov circles Earth for a full day in Vostok 2 in the year 1961.   

Aug 07   Russian Cosmonaut Gherman Titov circles Earth for a full day in Vostok 2 on this day in history.   

Aug 08   On this day in history charlie Gemora, actor (who portrayed King Kong), dies at 58   

Aug 09   On this day in history james B Parsons is 1st black appointed to Federal District Court   

Aug 09   On this day in history james B Parsons is first black appointed to Federal District Court   

Aug 09   On this day in history walter Bedell Smith, US general/WW II chief of staff, dies at 75   

Aug 10   England applies for membership in the European Common Market on this day in history.   

Aug 11   Warren Spahn records victory #300, beats Cubs 2-1 on this day in history.   

Aug 13   Adeline De Walt Reynolds, actress (Son of Dracula), dies at 78 in the year 1961.   

Aug 13   Border between east and west Berlin sealed off by East Germans on this day in history.   

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Jan 02   Todd Haynes, American film director was born in the year 1961.   

Jan 03   In the year 1961 birth of erwin Blom, Dutch singer/guitarist (Eton Crop)   

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of lee Curreri, NYC, actor (Bruno Martelli-Fame)   

Jan 05   In the year 1961 birth of curt Bader, Bloomfield Iowa, sprint kayak (Olympics-96)   

Jan 07   Andrew Thomson, Australian politician was born in the year 1961.   

Jan 07   Supriya Pathak, Indian actress was born on this day in history.   

Jan 07   In the year 1961 birth of john Thune, American politician   

Jan 09   In the year 1961 birth of oliver Goldstick, American screenwriter   

Jan 02   In the year 1961 bob Catterall, cricketer (1555 runs/24 Tests for S Afr 1922-31), dies   

Jan 04   On this day in history barry Fitzgerald, actor (Going My Way), dies at 72   

Jan 06   In the year 1961 regina Ullmann, writer, dies at 76   

Jan 07   Clarice Baright, 1st woman admitted to American Bar Assn, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

Jan 09   Emily Greene Balch, American writer, Nobel Peace Prize laureate (b. 1867) died in the year 1961.   

Jan 10   In the year 1961 dashiell Hammett, US detective writer (Thin Man, Maltese Falcon), dies at 66   

Jan 11   Elena Gerhardt, German mezzo-soprano singer (b. 1883) died on this day in history.   

Jan 14   In the year 1961 ernest Thesiger, actor (Brass Monkey, Ghoul), dies at 81